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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
ConsentingadjectiveFreely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishescandidateMay 18, 2026
Consequentadjectivefollowing or accompanying as a consequencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consequentialadjectivehaving important issues or resultscandidateMay 18, 2026
Conservativeadjectiveconforming to the standards and conventions of the middle classcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conservedadjectiveprotected from harm or losscandidateMay 18, 2026
ConsiderableadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026
Considerateadjectiveshowing concern for the rights and feelings of otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Consideredadjectivecarefully weighedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consistentadjectivemarked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of partscandidateMay 18, 2026
Consolableadjectiveable to be consoledcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consolatoryadjectiveaffording comfort or solacecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consolidatedadjectivejoined together into a wholecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consolidativeadjectivecombining into a single unitcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consolingadjectiveaffording comfort or solacecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consonantadjectiveinvolving or characterized by harmonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Consonantaladjectivebeing or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonantcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conspecificadjectivebelonging to the same speciescandidateMay 18, 2026
Conspicuousadjectivewithout any attempt at concealmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Conspirativeadjectiverelating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspiratorscandidateMay 18, 2026
Conspiratorialadjectiverelating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspiratorscandidateMay 18, 2026
Constantadjectiveuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constipatedadjectivehave difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowelscandidateMay 18, 2026
Constituentadjectiveconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)candidateMay 18, 2026
Constitutedadjectivebrought about or set up or acceptedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constitutionaladjectivesanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a governmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constitutiveadjectiveconstitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)candidateMay 18, 2026
Constrainedadjectivelacking spontaneitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Constrainingadjectiverestricting the scope or freedom of actioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Constrictedadjectivedrawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologicallycandidateMay 18, 2026
Constrictingadjectiveof circumstances, tending to curtail freedomcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constrictiveadjective(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedomcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constructiveadjectiveconstructing or tending to construct or improve or promote developmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Constructive-Metabolicadjectiveof or relating to anabolismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consubstantialadjectiveregarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)candidateMay 18, 2026
Consularadjectivehaving to do with a consul or his office or dutiescandidateMay 18, 2026
Consultativeadjectivegiving advicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consultatoryadjectivegiving advicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consultiveadjectivegiving advicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consumableadjectivemay be used upcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consumingadjectivevery intensecandidateMay 18, 2026
Consummateadjectivehaving or revealing supreme mastery or skillcandidateMay 18, 2026
Consummatedadjectivebrought to completioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Consumptiveadjectiveafflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Contagiousadjectiveeasily diffused or spread as from one person to anothercandidateMay 18, 2026
Containedadjectivegotten under controlcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contaminatedadjectiverendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollutioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Contaminatingadjectivespreading pollution or contaminationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contaminativeadjectivemaking impure by contact or mixingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contemplativeadjectivedeeply or seriously thoughtfulcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contemporaneousadjectiveoccurring in the same period of timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contemporaryadjectiveoccurring in the same period of timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contemptibleadjectivedeserving of contempt or scorncandidateMay 18, 2026
Contemptuousadjectiveexpressing extreme contemptcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contentadjectivesatisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they arecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contentedadjectivesatisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they arecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contentiousadjectiveinclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suitscandidateMay 18, 2026
Conterminousadjectivebeing of equal extent or scope or durationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contestableadjectivecapable of being contestedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contestedadjectivedisputed or made the object of contention or competitioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Contextualadjectiverelating to or determined by or in contextcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contiguousadjectivevery close or connected in space or timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Continentadjectivehaving control over urination and defecationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Continent-Wideadjectiveinvolving the entire continentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Continentaladjectiveof or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary WarcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contingentadjectivedetermined by conditions or circumstances that followcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contingent onadjectiveMWEdetermined by conditions or circumstances that followcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contingent UponadjectiveMWEdetermined by conditions or circumstances that followcandidateMay 18, 2026
Continualadjective`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)candidateMay 18, 2026
Continuantadjectiveof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage, such as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then'candidateMay 18, 2026
Continuedadjectivewithout stop or interruptioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Continuingadjectiveremaining in force or being carried on without letupcandidateMay 18, 2026
Continuousadjectivecontinuing in time or space without interruptioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Contortedadjectivetwisted, especially as in pain or strugglecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrabandadjectivedistributed or sold illicitlycandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrabassadjectivepitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal rangecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contraceptiveadjectivecapable of preventing conception or impregnationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contraclockwiseadjectivein the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clockcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contractableadjective(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Contractedadjectivereduced in size or pulled togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Contractileadjectivecapable of contracting or being contractedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contractualadjectiverelating to or part of a binding legal agreementcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contradictoryadjectiveof words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be falsecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contralateraladjectiveon or relating to the opposite side, usually referring to the bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Contraltoadjectiveof or being the lowest female voicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrapuntaladjectivehaving two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrariousadjectivedifficult to deal withcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contraryadjectiveof words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be falsecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrary to FactadjectiveMWEgoing counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)candidateMay 18, 2026
Contrastingadjectivestrikingly differentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrastiveadjectivesyntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrastyadjectivehaving sharp differences between black and whitecandidateMay 18, 2026
Contributingadjectivetending to bring aboutcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contributiveadjectivetending to bring aboutcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contributoryadjectivetending to bring aboutcandidateMay 18, 2026
Contriteadjectivefeeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offensescandidateMay 18, 2026
Contrivedadjectiveshowing effects of planning or manipulationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Controllableadjectivecapable of being controlledcandidateMay 18, 2026
Controlledadjectiverestrained or managed or kept within certain boundscandidateMay 18, 2026
Controllingadjectiveable to control or determine policycandidateMay 18, 2026
Controversialadjectivemarked by or capable of arousing controversycandidateMay 18, 2026